Israeli troops ringed a West Bank refugee camp with tanks on Monday and intensified searches in another camp nearby, continuing their offensive in Palestinian-ruled areas following an upsurge of violence.
US Vice-President Dick Cheney is to visit UK Prime Minister Tony Blair at Downing Street on Monday, amid continuing speculation of forthcoming military action against Iraq. A spokeswoman for Mr Cheney said the men would be discussing "the progress of the
US Vice President Dick Cheney left on Sunday on a 10-day, 12-nation mission of war and peace to the Middle East, the Gulf and Britain in search of support for extending the fight against terrorism and a resolution to escalating Israeli-Palestinian violenc
Billionaire investment guru George Soros has said that it is "impossible" for Britain to reject adoption of the euro. Mr Soros, whose currency investments have earned him a formidable reputation, warned that there were still concerns over Europe's single
Long queues have again formed at polling stations in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, as people vote on the second day of the country's presidential elections. Some voters spent the night in the open, wrapped in blankets, waiting for the polling stations to re
President Bush Saturday signed a stripped-down version of an economic stimulus bill that extends unemployment benefits for displaced workers, but doesn't contain the tax cuts the president originally supported. "We're seeing some encouraging signs in the
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Sunday he favors lifting the ban preventing Yasser Arafat from traveling outside Ramallah so the Palestinian Authority president can attend the Arab League summit. Sharon's comments come a day after two back-to-bac
A flurry of new international peace efforts failed to slow Mideast violence Saturday as Palestinian militants unleashed two major attacks — a shooting at a seaside Israeli hotel and a bombing at a crowded Jerusalem cafe. At least five Israelis were killed
The makeover is now complete and the Hubble Space Telescope is flying free again. After five spacewalks to upgrade it, the telescope was redeployed early Saturday.
Citing a classified Pentagon report, the Los Angeles Times reported on Saturday that The Bush administration has told the Defense Department to prepare, on a contingency basis, plans to use nuclear weapons against at least seven countries.
Unknown attackers have exploded a grenade on an approach road to the Mont Blanc tunnel just hours before the scheduled reopening of the road link from France to Italy. The blast - believed to have been caused by a device used to start avalanches - damaged
Israel has kept up its attacks on Palestinian areas, launching new helicopter raids after the worst day of bloodshed in 17 months of violence. Despite the continuing clashes, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has said he will hold talks with the Palesti
Long queues of voters have formed in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, and in the country's second city, Bulawayo, for the most fiercely contested presidential election since independence in 1980. Tempers flared among voters waiting in long lines at polling
Kmart, the US discount retailer that filed for bankruptcy protection in January, said it would cut 22,000 jobs - some 10 per cent of the total workforce - and close 284 stores as part of its initial Chapter 11 financial review. The group said it would tak
Slobodan Milosevic brandished what he said was an FBI document showing al Qaeda backed Muslim fighters in Kosovo as he insisted Friday that Albanian separatists were the true villains in the war-torn province. Sparring with a Kosovo human rights activist
Any lingering doubts about the depth of Japan's economic troubles were washed away on Friday with news that the economy shrank throughout the last nine months of 2001. Only once in two decades, in 1993, did that happen, the government said.
Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan gave Congress a more optimistic appraisal of the U.S.
Irish voters have narrowly rejected a move to strengthen the predominantly Roman Catholic country's abortion law, final results show. The referendum, held on Wednesday, focused on a legal loophole that allows women to have an abortion if they claim to be
Israeli troops swept through Palestinian-ruled Bethlehem Friday as the United States prepared to follow a long trail of bloodshed with a new truce mission by its Middle East envoy. At least 34 Palestinians, including a general and a nine-year-old boy, had
Google Street View is again on its way through Bulgaria
Bulgaria has the Largest Gray Economy in Europe
